I have worked with young people for over 13 years in a variety of community settings.  As a professional youth worker & community worker, activist and feminist I am keen to explore the roles and affects of, for example, gender relations, sexual orientation/sexualities, and various 'sexing practices' such as the HPV vaccination on the lives of girls and young women.

I am committed to using a participatory approach to research and use a variety of young person-led methods and questions in my research. As such I also see my project as an extension of my professional practice with young people and am keen to include my activism in the work I carry out.